Frederick Williams wrote:
I thought that pubs could not legally sell an alcoholic drink to an
intoxicated person. But I must be wrong because them doing so is being
reported as contrary to a voluntary standard rather than contrary to the
law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7516507.stm. Folks here will know if
I am outright wrong or just a bit confused (hic).

Indeed - 2003 licensing act which replaced the 1964 act. Naughty BBC!

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003...pt7-pb2-l1g141